Renoir
[ren-wahr, ren-wahr; French ruh-nwar]
- Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/, 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- his fatherPierre Au·guste [pyer oh-gyst] /pyɛr oʊˈgüst/, 1841–1919, French painter.
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Contemporary Examples
Picasso's a genius, Matisse is great and Renoir has fabulous moments (if not in the mass of pink nudes at the Barnes).
He also served as the pipeline between the moneyed class and a variety of Impressionists: Cezanne, Renoir, Degas, and Seurat.
We first met at her Georgetown mansion, filled with stunning Impressionist art: Renoir, Picasso, Degas.
They create a world equal to the worlds of Renoir or Hitchcock or Fellini.
Historical Examples
Miller is emotionally thrilled by Renoir but he is never quite swept.
Adventures in the ArtsMarsden Hartley
Where a form is full, there Renoir contrives to have a light fall.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and MeaningWillard Huntington Wright
These were the qualities which Renoir was to develop to so superlative a degree.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and MeaningWillard Huntington Wright
In the later canvas, Renoir is less preoccupied with details.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and MeaningWillard Huntington Wright
Renoir is the most lyrical, the most musical, the most subtle of the masters of this art.
The French Impressionists (1860-1900)Camille Mauclair
Renoir
- Jean (ʒɑ̃). 1894–1979, French film director: his films include La grande illusion (1937), La règle du jeu (1939), and Diary of a Chambermaid (1945)
- his father, Pierre Auguste (pjɛr oɡyst). 1841–1919, French painter. One of the initiators of impressionism, he broke away from the movement with his later paintings, esp his many nude studies, which are more formal compositions
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